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I've brought this up a few years ago. Ben might not be all the problem in the redzone, but he is certainly a piece of it. With a short field, a lot comes down to presnap recognition. Ben has the option to audible out of any play, so why doesn't he when he sees a particular defense? Rather than trusting his reads, he is waiting for guys to break free in coverage....not an easy thing to do in the red zone.

With two TE's on the field? Who's he going to audible too? David freaking Johnson?

Crash stats do show both lack of R/P balance and predictability in the red zone. With less space to operate in, offenses need unpredictability and need to dominate with size and power and scheme, all of which our RZ offense has lacked or not used well. I am expecting Haley to correct for schemes and utilization of TEs, and for more power from the OL and RBs.

Narcissistic injury is the term used for any threat to a narcissist's outsized ego or self-esteem.

He came back from suspension, and the Steelers had 24 first down plays in the redzone I believe after his first 9 games.

19 runs, 5 passes.

Then, in 2011, they had 19 first down plays in the redzone to start their season:

18 runs, 1 pass.

When you are THAT predictable on first down and it fails? 2nd down becomes predictable as well.

Just like the Super Bowls he's been in. They have 24 TOTAL red zone plays in three Super Bowls.

16 runs, 8 passes.

That's not "balance", but no one says a word as long as it's the beloved run game getting the work because we have to run the ball like Franco and Jerome did.

Again, why are you paying Ben big money to be Trent Dilfer?

what were the results of those redzone passes he did attempt? I would imagine they should be good considering that everyone knows and expects the Steelers to run in the redzone, and the times he did pass it would therefore be unexpected.